GET TO KNOW YOUR STUDENTS

There are many ways to get to know your Japanese student. The activities here are designed for native English teachers to gain knowledge about the culture and educational background of their Japanese ELs in interactive and meaningful ways. The major goal is to gain cultural insights and knowledge to better understand their students using critical thinking, introspection, and retrospection.

Student Profile

A picture description task where participants use guided questions and images to create a student profile concerning English. In this activity, I use anecdotes from students about things they wish their EFL teacher knew.

Activity Time: 50+ minutes

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Guess Who?

Want to connect with your students? Here is an exciting way for EFL teachers to learn about cultural icons and symbols in Japan!

Activity Time: 30+ minutes

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Pragmatics: Situation Cards

A roleplay activity to practice the language and content of a unit. This activity challenges participants to think of real world situations in the context of Japan, putting themselves in their Japanese ELs shoes.

Activity Time: 50+ minutes

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Three Truths

In this game, participant-made statements will be collected and read aloud. The goal? Two-three participants each round will face each other to convince the audience that the statement does not belong to them.

Activity Time: 20+ minutes

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Content Expert

In this activity, participants work in groups and create a presentation. Participants are assigned a topic to research how participation may be impacted in the EFL classroom taught by native English teachers.

Activity Time: 120+ minutes

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GET TO KNOW YOUR STUDENTS

Student Profile

Guess Who?

Pragmatics: Situation Cards

Three Truths

Content Expert

*Times noted above may vary and do not include time required for post-activity discussions